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Topic: Maytag Dryer works fine sometimes (Read 7491 times)

I have to repair a Maytag Dryer (MDE model). When I select the time and press Start button, not always the machine starts to run. I can hear the motor trying to spin, but it doesnŽt start.

If i keep the start button pressed more than 2 seconds, the machine stops and it looks like it goes into a protection state. I have to wait some minutes until I can try again. I suppose it is an thermal fuse to protect machine.

But sometimes, the machine starts to work fine ( a few times in a day ).

Reach inside the drum and turn it. If it seems hard to turn then maybe you have rollers going bad.The blower wheel will give problems.

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The exact model IŽll give you in some hours, I have to see it. I remember it is a Maytag MDE14xxxx. It uses 220v,50Hz. I suppose the motor uses a capacitor to start to run. Is it possible the capacitor is not well at all? Why does the machine works sometimes?

It uses 220v,50Hz. The motor in that dryer is probably 220 volt repair man.we use 60 hz if that dude is a 50 hz then it probably hails from Europe and therefore takes a 220 volt motor.Non of these motors have a capacitor. They have a cent switch . The motor uses all of the copper to get going and then when the centrifugal switch's counter weights fly out they shut down the power to half the copper and allow the motor to run at half the amps as was nessesary to propell the motor forward in the initial effort.

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JW, I did notice he said 50 hertz. It's the standard current in Eur. Thanks for your input and lesson on how a centrifugal switch works (in your own mind). Without a proper model number, you don't know that the motor is 220 volts for sure.